The carriage arrived in front of Master Xu's house. A maid was watching at the door. When she saw the housekeeper, she hurriedly greeted her and asked Ren Xin anxiously.
When Ren Xin heard someone mentioning herself, she opened the curtain and jumped down, asking what was going on.
The maid bowed lightly to Ren Xin and said urgently, "Miss, hurry up and follow the servant to see the master. The master is ill for some reason, but he refuses to take medicine, and insists on waiting for you to come..."
After hearing what the maid said, Ren Xin felt bad. She thought that the master knew everything, so she still wasted time. Before she could wait for Chu Qingchen to come down, Ren Xin ran into the house first, and the housekeeper handed the carriage to the servant at the door.
Unfortunately, her legs and feet were not as sharp as Ren Xin's, so she asked her maid to chase Ren Xin quickly, "Miss Xin is just young, how can she run like this? Go and tell her to slow down."
The maid chased after her, and Ren Xin ran towards the Master's residence with ease. The maid ran behind and panted, "Miss, Miss... Master, he... he is not in that room."
Ren Xin quickly stopped and turned back, "Where is Master?"
"Dining room." Ren Xin's momentum was astonishing. The maid was stunned for a moment, forgetting to breathe for a moment, and hurriedly squeezed out two words, watching Ren Xin leave in front of her eyes.
As soon as he entered the dining room, the smell of delicious lunch hit his face. The round table was filled with Ren Xin's favorite meals. It seemed that the master had prepared them early, specifically to celebrate Ren Xin, but he didn't expect...
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The master was leaning on a chair nearby and coughing from time to time. A servant next to him was trying to calm him down. The doctor and several servants were standing by with sad expressions on their faces. It seemed that they had just been scolded by the master.
Ren Xin didn't say anything, and made a gesture for everyone else to get down. When the master saw Ren Xin coming, his eyes moved, and he seemed a little distressed. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something to Ren Xin, but in the end he said nothing.
Don't look away from Ren Xin if you are angry.
When the servant who was kind to Master Xu passed by Ren Xin, Ren Xin stopped him and asked softly, "But what did you say to Master Xu?"
The man looked at Ren Xin with a somewhat tangled look, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Miss, don't blame yourself too much. Imperial examinations have always been participated by men. It is not easy for Miss to get to this point. I hope Miss will be at ease."
, I will definitely be on the gold list next time.”
After hearing this, I thought that the Master knew everything. Ren Xin smiled bitterly, how could she forget that there was someone who cared more about her future than her...
"There won't be a next time..." Ren Xin murmured to herself, not caring whether the man understood what she meant or not, and let him go down.
The master stopped coughing when he saw Ren Xin come in, and tried his best to hold it in. After everyone got out, he finally couldn't suppress it anymore and coughed violently. Ren Xin hurried forward to help the master.
, patted the master's back gently, and the two of them remained silent.
Chu Qingchen and the housekeeper arrived at the door of the dining room. Chu Qingchen was about to enter when the housekeeper stopped him and said softly, "Sir, can you please go aside and play a game of chess with me?" The housekeeper pointed to the stone table next to him.
At this time, it is better to leave time to Master and Ren Xin, master and disciple, and others should not disturb them.
"Okay." Chu Qingchen glanced into the room, then turned and walked to the stone table aside.
The housekeeper didn't expect that Chu Qingchen would agree so easily, so he ordered someone to get the chessboard and serve tea.
The master in the room was coughing heavily, and Ren Xin was waiting for him to stop coughing. Ren Xin picked up the medicine bowl and knelt down in front of the master, and raised the bowl to the master's mouth.
Ren Xin turned around and moved the medicine bowl to the master's mouth. After going back and forth, the master finally spoke.
"If I don't drink, I'll just let my old bones die like this!"
"Master..." Ren Xin smiled and handed over the medicine bowl again, "Master will live a long life and wait to see Xin'er prosper, so how can you say such unlucky words?"
"Tell me, what's the matter with you? I've taught you personally for so many years, how come you're not on the list?" The master grumbled and took the medicine bowl held by Ren Xin. He was angry that Ren Xin didn't live up to expectations.
At the same time, he was also concerned about Ren Xin's mood. He knew that Ren Xin would feel very sad if he failed.
Ren Xin smiled softly and watched Master Xu finish the medicine without saying a word, waiting to hear Master Xu complain.
"Why don't you say anything?" Master looked at Ren Xin's smiling face and felt that something was wrong. Ren Xin took the medicine bowl, put it aside, and said with a smile, "Xin'er listen to Master first, after Master has finished speaking,
Let’s talk later.”
"I won't talk anymore, tell me, please explain to me what's going on with you!" Master Xu puffed his beard and glared. He was completely gone from his usual polite demeanor. Now he is just like an ordinary old man with a bad temper.
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Ren Xin chuckled and stepped forward to squeeze Master Xu's shoulders and said softly, "Master, don't you always say, 'A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise'? When Xin'er lands this time, how do you know that it's not Xin'er's blessing?"
The master saw that Ren Xin was smiling from the moment he entered the room to now, and listened to Ren Xin say such words. He didn't know what kind of medicine Ren Xin bought in his gourd, so he didn't interrupt and let Ren Xin continue talking.
"Master, you see, no woman has passed the scientific examination and entered the officialdom in these years. Don't tell Xin'er the reason. Master knows better than Xin'er. And look at the few women in the court, such as Xiang Xun and Xiang Xun.
Your Majesty all came from the female officials in the harem, so Xin'er is no longer obsessed with the imperial examination."
Ren Xin said it lightly, as if everything about the imperial examination was just a cloud, and she didn't take it to heart at all. After hearing what Ren Xin said, the Master was a little upset for a moment. He knew everything Ren Xin said, but he didn't know that Ren Xin didn't have it at all.
At the Tribute Academy, he thought that Ren Xin had passed the exam, but because those old diehards who were more stubborn than him did not allow Ren Xin to enter the officialdom, the Queen might not have seen Ren Xin's paper this time at all.
However, the Master also felt that Ren Xin's views were correct. Nowadays, if a woman wants to become an official, the scientific examination is not suitable. The best way is to enter the palace. As long as she can become a female official next to the Queen, she can rise to the top.
"You want to enter the palace? You have to know that there are certain risks in entering the palace. If you are unlucky and enter the palace as a palace maid, you may not be gifted by the queen to the son of a palace noble. At that time,
You are just a victim of her consolidation of power." The master warned Ren Xin to think things through clearly, as everything has advantages and disadvantages.
"Xin'er knows that, but Xin'er still thinks that entering the palace is the only way out." Ren Xin is very firm in her idea of entering the palace.
The master has always taken care of this precious apprentice as his biological granddaughter. Since Ren Xin is so determined to enter the palace, he will naturally not wrong her to enter the palace as a palace maid. "Since you think so, then I will arrange for you to enter the palace. Just
But you can only start from women’s history, are you willing?”
"Master, you don't have to worry about Xin'er like this. How can Xin'er always bother Master like this?" Ren Xin stopped what he was doing, "Master, are you still coughing? The doctor is still waiting outside the house, otherwise we ask the doctor to come in and take a look?"
"Let him wait." The more the master thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Ren Xin was very strange today. She failed in the imperial examination but she acted like nothing happened. It seemed that she had already paid attention to it, "Xin'er, do you have anything on your mind?"
Do you want to tell me?"
Hearing this, Ren Xin pulled up a chair and sat next to the master. "The eldest princess found a job for me in the palace. I will be a reader for Princess Min and accompany her to study. As long as I do well, I will be promoted to a bachelor's degree in the literature hall."
, teach the palace people."
"Being a pupil to Princess Min is an opportunity, but that girl..." Thinking of the unruly little princess who was so pampered by the queen, Master Xu couldn't help but have a headache. He hoped it wouldn't be a disaster. "You decided.
Already?"
"Well, there's no need to worry, Master. It's just a child. My heart can handle it."
"Alas..." Whether she can cope with it or not, we'll know when the time comes. Anyway, Ren Xin still has him. If anything happens, it's not a bad idea for him to come out to protect her again.
Ren Xin didn't know the meaning of Master Xu's sigh. Seeing that Master Xu's temper had become much calmer, he suggested, "Master, would you like the doctor to come in and take a look?"
Master Xu nodded, and Ren Xin quickly opened the door. Master Xu looked at Ren Xin's figure and thought of something. This was after Ren Xin reminded him that the only party that would never allow women to become officials was the prime minister's party. Master Xu was
He was a famous calf protector, and they had formed a close relationship with the prime minister. However, Ren Xin and the eldest princess had never known each other before. The eldest princess, who had never been close to anyone, actually planned an errand for Ren Xin. It was rare to see her.
Ren Xin called the doctor in. Chu Qingchen had just finished playing a game of chess with the housekeeper, so he left the chessboard for Mrs. Xu to clean up. He walked over to Ren Xin and stood at the door to look at Mrs. Xu who was being treated obediently in the room. "That old stubborn man is also
Only you can coax him, so what, is he okay?"
"If you care, you care, but you still hurt others." Ren Xin smiled softly. Chu Qingchen was actually not as bad as he looked. He was just an unforgiving mouth. She pushed him in, "It's okay, you can do it yourself.
have a look."
The doctor said that my husband was fine, but he just needed to be reminded to take medicine on time.
Ren Xin and Chu Qingchen felt relieved.
The dishes were all cold, and I didn’t know whether I should eat this meal or not. The master asked people to remove all the dishes, and Ren Xin asked someone to prepare some porridge. So after a while, something like this appeared in the dining room.
In one scene, Ren Xin, Chu Qingchen and Xu Fuzi each held a bowl of porridge in their hands. After touching the bowls, Ren Xin shouted, "Celebrating my entry into the palace to serve as Princess Min's attendant~"
The master was amused by Ren Xin, and Chu Qingchen looked at Ren Xin silently. It turned out that the eldest princess called Ren Xin there for this matter.
Then the three of them drank porridge in silence. Ren Xin didn't say anything anymore. She just seemed relaxed.